Olivia Lewis and her then-partner, Patrick McGinn, were sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after attacking their victim outside the NCP car park in The Kingsway at 4.25am on 10 February last year.
The court heard Lewis was seen pushing the man before McGinn took him to the ground and repeatedly punched him in the head. Lewis then joined in, continuously kicking the victim to the head before stamping on his groin multiple times.
The pair then simply walked away towards the Potter’s Wheel roundabout, leaving their victim on the floor. Police tracked them down using CCTV.
While on bail for the attack, McGinn launched another serious assault in May later in the year. After meeting a man in St Helen’s Road in the early hours at a drug-fueled flat in Matthew Street, Dyfatty, where McGinn delivered a series of blows to the victim’s head with an object during a disturbance.
The injured man fled, leaving a trail of blood behind him. A member of the public called the police after seeing the bleeding man on the street.
Lewis, 23, of Llanyrnewydd, Penclawdd, Gower, pleaded guilty to affray and has no previous convictions. McGinn, 35, formerly of Mount Pleasant, Gowerton, but now of Webb Place, Port Talbot, pleaded guilty to affray, possession of heroin, and unlawful wounding. He has 42 previous convictions for 90 offences.
James Hartson, defending Lewis, said her actions were “impulsive” and out of character, done in response to a grievance she believed had taken place.
He described the relationship between Lewis and McGinn as “a union centred around their sharing of drugs” and said McGinn had been a “completely malign influence” on his client.
Ieuan Rees, defending McGinn, acknowledged his client had a “bad record” but noted his last conviction for violence was in 2015, with most convictions being acquisitive in nature to sustain his drug habit. The Dyfatty assault happened shortly after McGinn’s father’s death, when he was in a bad place.
Addressing Lewis, Judge Huw Lewis said what she did should be to her eternal shame. He told her:
“You have come as close as close can be to going to prison. You can count yourself lucky.”
Lewis received a nine-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months with a one-quarter discount for her guilty plea. She must complete a rehabilitation course, a mental health treatment requirement, and 180 hours of unpaid work.
McGinn was sentenced to 13 months for affray (with a one-quarter discount) and 38 months for wounding (with a 10% discount for his plea entered on the day of trial), to run consecutively, making a total sentence of 51 months. He will serve up to half in custody before being released on licence.
[Lead image: South Wales Police]
